The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-04-21

45c a hundred on 1st, 38c on I'd, 32c on
Sd and 25c on 4th.
Passenger rates are unchanged as
these are fixed by the railroad commits
sion.
GOPHER AND BLACKBIRD BOUNTY
There has been general inquiry
among farmers, especially farmer boys,
as to the alleged bounty for gophere
aud blackbirds. under q recent law
The state auditor replies to inquiries
as follows:
The gopher and blackbird law, in
brief, is as follows: A bounty Of S cts.
for each pocket gopher killed; 8 cents
for each other kind; 10 cents per dOZ-
Oh for blackbi1ds killed during tile
months Of April, May and June, and s
cents per dozen during July, August,
September and October. The bodies
must be taken to tho chairman of town
supervisors, who shall satisfy himself
that they were killed IN his town. He
shall certify the number to the county
auditor, who shall draw his warrant
on the county treasurer for the
amount due.
Providel-That the law shall not be
operative until it shall be accepted by
*vote of the board of county commits
siOnerS.
THE WHITED SEPULCHRES IN
SIOUX CITI.
The Sioux City Journal of Tuesday
last, in its report of the murder trial,
gives the following pathetic incident:
There is a pathetic incident connect
ed with this trial which reminds one of
the parable of the Good Samaritan.
The Pharlsee is not lacking to make
the parallel complete. The incident is
that of the sickness Of the little babe
of Bismarck. The little child a day OF
two ago WAS taken sick with that ter
rible malady, membraneOus Group. Day
and night the mother has watched and
worked with the little One-the father
in Jail and she without q penny in the
world. Yesterday the child was worse
and in the evening it was thought that
morning would never come to it again
in this world. A bright little thing,
it could still open its eyes and move
the heart of the listener by huskily
murmuring the name of papa - and
papa in Jail! And there we're hundreds
Of great, lusty, fat pursed male and fe-
male loafers religious loafers, too,
forsooth pounding their flesh and
bones wearily on the hard seats of the
court room all day yeste,d day, and not
one of them. not solitary one went to
the rescue Of that dying babe and that
worn.out mother. And, worn out
with watching and with despair. The
mother last night at last fell nncon
scious and lay there dead beside the
dying baby.
And now let anybody who will per.
init such things as this stand up in
the pulpit and preach! Men hiss and
scOrn and curse at such "religiOn,' -
and they ought to.
A German woman - God bless
her -. while others were loafinR
and talking and wondering what some.
and the destitute family, this big
hearted German woman went and took
the other children of the afflicted and
and cared for them.
his blood boil. and for his part. will
take his chances in hell with that old
German woman-if necessary-rathe,
people that he could name.
The Journal should probably have
said also that these ''religious'' people
we're Prohibit,onists and the poor wo
man and her poor little baby were chile
and wife of "whisky man" or ''sa
loon man." Yes, whisky is bad, il
does harden the heart and make brutes
of men very often, but religious bigot-
ry and prohibition fanat icism are ever
worse to destroy human and Christian
feeling. Religious bigots and prohibi
ton fanatics love their own only ant
hate others with just such inhumanity
~ the above incident shows. OF suct
Christ said that the ''harlots should e
into the kingdom before them"
Sam Jones will visit Minneapolis tn,
latter part of April and hold series o
meetings in the exposition building
Mankato Register.
We wish to inquire how much tn
managers of the show pay for the u.s.
Of the building, and whether or no
they have asked its use free in tn
s name of religion" Sam Jones il
making $50 to 500 a day ''savin,
souls.'' Tie managers who run hin
clear q good deal of money at nearl,
every town visited. ''Saving souls'' i
. paying business. Jones admits tha
he assumes his present rough. off han,
manner just as negro minstrel o
clown assumes his part-tO draw an,
make money. And these are wha
fools call ''religious meetings."
We take q back sent for no dealer j,
Wall Paper or Handsome Decorations
The proof Of the pudding is in the eat